archiveDecember 2019

  Last minutes Christmas female shoppers now hide money in their undies to avoid being mugged at Balogun Market in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that female shoppers at the market have to device means of hiding their valuables from pickpockets who had invaded the market in...

Justice Ahmed Mohammed of the Federal High Court in Abuja Monday withdrew from a suit seeking the release of the #RevolutionNow protests convener, Omoyele Sowore, the Department of State Service’s custody. Mohammed said he could not hear or declare judgment on Sowore’s case filed on December 10. He explained that...

  Royal aides cleared A Saudi court has sentenced five people to death for the murder of government critic Jamal Khashoggi but ruled that last year’s assassination wasn’t premeditated and said it didn’t have enough evidence to incriminate two top officials close to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The verdict,...

Justice Mohammed Liman of the Federal High Court in Lagos has turned down the request for post-conviction bail filed by a former governor of Abia State, Orji Kalu, who was convicted of N7.1bn fraud and sentenced to 12 years imprisonment. Kalu was convicted and jailed on December 4, 2019, by...

  The governorship candidate of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) in the Ogun State governorship election Abiodun Akinlade has announced his return to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Akinlade’s return to the APC comes barely days after the Supreme Court dismissed his petition to challenge APC’s Dapo Abiodun election as...

  A member of the House of Representatives, representing Iseyin/Itesiwaju/Kajola/Iwajowa, Oyo state, Hon. Shina Peller has been arrested and detained by the Nigeria Police Force on Monday for attempting to bail and stand as surety for some people detained by the police. Policemen at Moroko Police station, Lagos State were...

  says Army is part of State’s Constituency   Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, has said that the state government would partner the Nigerian Army to ensure the security of lives and property in the state. Governor Makinde, who was speaking at the Nigerian Army West African Social Activities...

By Ola Awoniyi The ninth Nigerian Senate was inaugurated on June 11, 2019. Six months after, the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, and his colleagues have a lot to celebrate even if also some things to ponder on the task ahead. The Senate can be proud of its record of achievements...

African Development Bank (AfDB) President, Akinwumi Adesina has received the endorsement of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)  for a second term of five years. The decision was announced at the end of the fifty-sixth ordinary session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS,...

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has removed 24 million registered telecom subscribers’ records from the network in a bid to ensure credible register for the industry. The industry regulator said in a statement that the subscribers’ registrations were regularised using the Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) in order to ensure...